Since that was the case, Victor also agreed with the two technicians. The Faith Orders' technical systems, including their skilled craftsmen, were indeed worth looking into.
Victor sent a reply as well, clearly instructing James to make thorough preparations for seeking out the Faith Orders' technical teams.
Victor would send additional personnel from the Intelligence Department to the special operations team at the Border Fortress. James was to cooperate with the intelligence team in gathering information on the Faith Orders' technical teams.
As for dispatching elite forces to search for this technical talent, that would not be the responsibility of the Border Fortress's border garrison.
When the time came, Victor would personally send his own guard unit to take part in the operation. The Border Fortress garrison only needed to deal with the enemy.
Of course, that was a matter for later. At the moment, James was still leading the Border Fortress garrison as they prepared to face the enemy's first wave of attack.
James had been somewhat worried at first, but he soon discovered that the Barbarians were even more reckless than he had imagined. They had no intention of using their siege equipment in the attack at all.
The Barbarians' first wave consisted of over ten thousand Cavalry charging directly at the walls. Their target was the three earthen ramps that had long since been built, while the siege engines were left far behind the cavalry.
James was taken aback. He asked the people around him curiously, "Did they never stop to consider what the siege equipment in their formation was even for?"
Everyone else shook their heads. Even the two researchers, Sagras and Solington, found the Barbarians utterly incomprehensible.
Even if the Barbarians' siege equipment was certainly inferior to that of the Border Fortress, their siege troops